WEBVTT CHANGE EVEN SOONER. WITH THE WIND HOWLING, AND THE GRAND CONCOURSE COVERED IN SNOW, IT’S EASY TO LET YOURSELF GO HERE. AUGUST IN IOWA. >> WHEN THE SUN WILL BE OUT, IT WILL BE WARM, AND WE’RE AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR. HANNAH: WHERE SOON, FOOD VENDORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT MULTIPLE METHODS OF PAYMENTS, NOT JUST CASH. MINDY WILLIAMSON: EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO USE DEBIT, CREDIT, CASH, OR ALSO THE DIGITAL PAY OF APPLE PAY, SAMSUNG OR GOOGLE PAY. HANNAH: IOWA STATE FAIR’S MINDY WILLIAMSON SAYS HALF OF THEIR VENDORS ALREADY DO THIS. BUT FAIR OFFICIALS RECENTLY SENT A LETTER, ANNOUNCING EVERYONE CONNIE BOESEN: IT REALLY DIDN’T SURPRISE ME. HANNAH: CONNIE BOESEN’S STANDS, INCLUDING APPLISHUS, ARE A FAIR FAVORITE. HER APPLE EGG ROLLS WINNING BEST NEW FOOD OF 2018. SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN A CASH-ONLY VENDOR IN HER 30-PLUS YEARS OF BUSINESS BUT STARTED THINKING , ABOUT SWITCHING IT UP RECENTLY. CONNIE BOESEN: ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY CAME UP AND THEY SAID, ' ’DO YOU TAKE DEBIT?’ SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE’VE HAD MORE PEOPLE ASK ABOUT DEBIT AND CREDIT. HANNAH: BOESEN SAYS SHE’S RESEARCHED THE IDEA, BUT NEVER MADE THE COMMITMENT. NOW, SHE HAS NO CHOICE. CONNIE BOESEN: THE CON WOULD PROBABLY BE THE COST IT IS TO US. THE PRO IS THAT IT GIVES CUSTOMER AN OPTION AND THEY MIGHT NOT WALK AWAY IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE CASH. HANNAH: SHE HOPES TO HAVE IT IN AS MANY OF HER SIX-LOCATIONS AS POSSIBLE BY THIS YEAR. SO IT’LL BE LESS OF THIS, AND MORE OF THIS. MINDY WILLIAMSON: JUST MAKING THAT CONSISTENT ACROSS OUR FAIRGROUNDS, I THINK, WILL BE A GREAT HELP AND A CONVENIENCE. YOU WON’T HAVE ANY SURPR

Food vendors at the Iowa State Fair are preparing for major changes to their sales.By 2020, the Iowa State Fair is requiring food vendors to accept debit and credit cards, but fairgoers may start noticing the change even sooner."In 2020, everybody will be able to use debit, credit, cash, or also the digital pay of Apple Pay, Samsung or Google Pay," said Mindy Williamson, with the Iowa State Fair."It really didn't surprise me," Iowa State Fair vendor Connie Boesen said.Boesen's stands, including Applishus, are a fair favorite. Her apple egg rolls won best new food of 2018.She said she has always been a cash-only vendor in her 30-plus years of business but considered changing that in recent years."About two years ago, it was the first time somebody came up and they said, 'Do you take debit?'" Boesen said. "So, in the last couple of years, we've had more people ask about debit and credit."Boesen said she's been researching the switch to accepting debit and credit cards, but that the change comes with drawbacks."The con would probably be the cost it is to us," she said. "The pro is that it gives the customer an option and they might not walk away if they didn't have cash.""Just making that consistent across our fairgrounds, I think will be a great help and a convenience," Williamson said. "You won't have any surprises."

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Food vendors at the Iowa State Fair are preparing for major changes to their sales.

By 2020, the Iowa State Fair is requiring food vendors to accept debit and credit cards, but fairgoers may start noticing the change even sooner.

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"In 2020, everybody will be able to use debit, credit, cash, or also the digital pay of Apple Pay, Samsung or Google Pay," said Mindy Williamson, with the Iowa State Fair.